Cliff Palace
Part of: Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
Documents and data related to the ancient architecture and archaeology of Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
Site Name Keywords
Cliff Palace •
Great Kiva, Aztec Ruin National Monument
Site Type Keywords
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex •
Non-Domestic Structures •
Kiva / Great Kiva •
Plaza •
Domestic Structures •
Funerary and Burial Structures or Features •
Archaeological Feature •
Midden •
Milling Feature
Other Keywords
Special archeology / anthropology study •
Ruins Stabilization •
New Deal archaeology •
Southwestern US
Culture Keywords
Ancestral Puebloan
Investigation Types
Architectural Documentation •
Heritage Management •
Site Stabilization •
Archaeological Overview •
Architectural Survey •
Data Recovery / Excavation •
Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis •
Research Design / Data Recovery Plan •
Site Evaluation / Testing •
Historic Background Research
Material Types
Building Materials •
Ceramic •
Chipped Stone •
Ground Stone •
Human Remains •
Macrobotanical •
Wood •
Textile •
Basketry
Temporal Keywords
Ancestral Puebloan •
Ancestral Puebloan / Sedentary through Classic Period
Geographic Keywords
US (ISO Country Code) •
United States of America (Country) •
Colorado (State / Territory) •
North America (Continent) •
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado •
Montezuma County (County) •
08083 (Fips Code) •
Montezuma (County) •
New Mexico (State / Territory) •
Colorado Plateau
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Antiquities of the Mesa Verde National Park: Cliff Palace (1911)
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This report describes archaeological investigations and ruins reconstruction and stabilization work done by Fewkes and his crew in the summer of 1909. In that time Fewkes describes repairing "...completely this great ruin and to leave it in such condition that tourists and students visiting it may learn much more about cliff-dwellings than was possible before the work was undertaken." This report describes the excavation and repair work done. It increases existing knowledge by directing...
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Cliff Palace: 1997 Documentation (1997)
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This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at...
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Prelude to: Tapestries in Stone-A Research Design for Understanding Cliff Palace Architecture / Level 1 Architectural Documentation Database (1998)
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This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at...
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Ruins and Restoration on the Colorado Plateau: Earl Morris and the PWA (Public Works Administration) (2015)
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In 1934, the Carnegie Institution "loaned" archaeologist Earl Morris to the National Park Service to supervise the repair of ruins in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, and Aztec Ruins National Monument, New Mexico. The NPS had received funding in 1933 for long-term development projects through New Deal emergency work relief programs, one of which was the Public Works Administration. The PWA provided money for physical improvements in parks and monuments, including funding for restoration and...